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and i think that's going to be a powerful moment for mitt romney. >> reporter: and an adviser for romney says they're preparing for romney to come armed. >> they've been practicing zingers for months. >> reporter: abc news political analyst matt dowd says at this point, romney and obama advisers are style over substance. >> the debates that have changed people's minds have all been about physical characteristics and mannerisms really in the modern age and not substance or policy issues. >> reporter: both have challenges. the president needs to keep his answers short to avoid sounding like the professor he was before the white house. and romney must come across relatable and really connect with the voters. karen travers, abc news, washington. >> hmm. >> all right. >> talking about the whole style not substance? >> style. style is important. and particularly just likability, what people feel like they -- you know, they feel like they have a comfort zone with you. it's very important. >> i don't think anybody has prepared more so than mitt romney. you've got 50 million to 60 million eye bal
and i think that's going to be a powerful moment for mitt romney. >> reporter: and an adviser for romney says they're preparing for romney to come armed. >> they've been practicing zingers for months. >> reporter: abc news political analyst matt dowd says at this point, romney and obama advisers are style over substance. >> the debates that have changed people's minds have all been about physical characteristics and mannerisms really in the modern age and not substance...
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>> romney though is facing a very uphill battle in that state. abc news now has moved ohio from the toss-up column to the lean-obama column in its electoral college ratings. >>> now to the latest fiery rhetoric from the iranian president, railing against the west in what was likely his final speech before the u.n. general assembly. mahmoud ahmadinejad blasting the u.s. and european union accusing them of entrusting themselves off to the devil. he also referred to israelis as "uncivilized zionists" and ahmadinejad made no mention of the nuclear program, and called for a new world order. both u.s. and israeli delegations boycotted the speech which last 35d minutes. >>> the civil war in syria hit a grim milestone. more than 340 people were killed yesterday, making it the deadliest day yet. that number includes at four military guards who died in back to back suicide car bombs in damascus. syria's state tv release this dramatic video showing the moment the first bomb went off right there. exploding from a white van. the opposition claims that the twi
>> romney though is facing a very uphill battle in that state. abc news now has moved ohio from the toss-up column to the lean-obama column in its electoral college ratings. >>> now to the latest fiery rhetoric from the iranian president, railing against the west in what was likely his final speech before the u.n. general assembly. mahmoud ahmadinejad blasting the u.s. and european union accusing them of entrusting themselves off to the devil. he also referred to israelis as...
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from romney's 47% secret videotape. romney's campaign said they had no involvement in the release. they even go so far as to say, what's the news? i don't know. that's straight from romney's communications director. >> right. you have to wonder, will this be an issue in tonight's debate. the jeremiah wright was a racially tinged scandal, led the president to give the speech in philadelphia, widely hailed, race is a comb mrx issue in the country always has been. we have yet to perfect and come to terms with yet. here we are again. we'll see if this has -- an impact. whose base it may rile up or not rile up. >> yeah, a lot of people are questioning whether or not it is news. this was a covered speech. but according to some even within the abc family, they said at the time, the campaign only put out prepared remarks in a prepared newspaper, posted a nine-minute edited version. abc and networks, was based on prepared remarks, not really what was said at the podium. definitely aster that i'm sure many outlets will be followi
from romney's 47% secret videotape. romney's campaign said they had no involvement in the release. they even go so far as to say, what's the news? i don't know. that's straight from romney's communications director. >> right. you have to wonder, will this be an issue in tonight's debate. the jeremiah wright was a racially tinged scandal, led the president to give the speech in philadelphia, widely hailed, race is a comb mrx issue in the country always has been. we have yet to perfect and...
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we know romney's going to be on "the view" in october. i look forward to that. >> we do too. >>> four teens are under arrest. a soccer coach has been suspended in a hazing scandal in a high school near los angeles. more than 70 people have been questioned after several soccer players at la puente high school said they were attacked on school grounds. a sex crimes unit is investigating allegations that a coach lured younger boys to a room where older players tried to assault victims with a foreign object. >> he fought so hard. he grabbed this piece of javelin. he grabbed it with both of his hands like this. he was squeezing it so hard. >> this is intolerable, and our district cannot tolerate this. >> the abuse allegedly occurred late last spring, but police are looking into several years of the la puente high school soccer program. >>> new york city now supplying the morning after pill to teens at a dozen high schools. students as young as 14 can get the emergency pill, plan b, without telling their parents. it's part of an expanded pilot
we know romney's going to be on "the view" in october. i look forward to that. >> we do too. >>> four teens are under arrest. a soccer coach has been suspended in a hazing scandal in a high school near los angeles. more than 70 people have been questioned after several soccer players at la puente high school said they were attacked on school grounds. a sex crimes unit is investigating allegations that a coach lured younger boys to a room where older players tried to...
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all right. >> reporter: governor romney studying president obama's past debates, which offers romney an opportunity to exceed expectations. republican chris christie predicting just that. >> shaking your head saying it is a brand new race. >> reporter: and running mate paul ryan hanging success on the debates. >> the debate phase in this campaign. we will make this case in our debates. >> reporter: that debate will be held here in denver. in the meantime, mitt romney held a rally here behind me. most of his t-unken. preparing for the most important night of his polil cpdaac ner. >>> and president obama is spending his last full day of debate prep at a resort outside st to deliver pza at abc political analyst matt dowd says mr. obama's advisers are focused on helping the president trim his often lengthy answers. to o bes often lengthy answers. answer questions, short, concisely, and to the point, and so it's much more like his mannerisms and his style and the way he comes across as 'posed to information in this. >> so style, not substance, i guess? i don't know. >> sounds like it. >>
all right. >> reporter: governor romney studying president obama's past debates, which offers romney an opportunity to exceed expectations. republican chris christie predicting just that. >> shaking your head saying it is a brand new race. >> reporter: and running mate paul ryan hanging success on the debates. >> the debate phase in this campaign. we will make this case in our debates. >> reporter: that debate will be held here in denver. in the meantime, mitt...
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after campaigning in pennsylvania today, romney heads to a fund-raiser in massachusetts. and both candidates are preparing for their first debate wednesday night in colorado where they'll tackle domestic policy issues. >>> we're following a developing story from minnesota where police in minneapolis are investigating a deadly workplace shooting yesterday afternoon at a sign company. we don't have an exact death toll this morning, but police are saying that several people were killed, including shooter who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. three people were taken to the hospital in critical condition. >>> in los angeles, investigators are awaiting toxicology tests on an actor who allegedly murdered his elderly landlady and plunged to his death. 28-year-old johnny lewis was killed off a show "sons of anarchy" and had a number of smaller roles. he was accused of taking two men with a bottle and trying to break into a woman's home. probation officers and his attorney expressed concern over his mental health and drug use. >>> a day-long amber alert for a missing 3-week-o
after campaigning in pennsylvania today, romney heads to a fund-raiser in massachusetts. and both candidates are preparing for their first debate wednesday night in colorado where they'll tackle domestic policy issues. >>> we're following a developing story from minnesota where police in minneapolis are investigating a deadly workplace shooting yesterday afternoon at a sign company. we don't have an exact death toll this morning, but police are saying that several people were killed,...